New & Notable

A new two-volume report finds that proposed climate intervention
technologies are not ready for wide-scale deployment and are no
substitute for reductions in carbon dioxide
emissions and adaptation efforts to combat climate change. Learn more at a February 26 webinar.

The leadership of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences and the U.K.'s Royal Society convened a UK-US team of leading climate scientists to produce this brief, readable reference document for individuals seeking authoritative information on the some of the questions that continue to be asked.

Emerging research may indicate that large losses of Arctic sea ice cover can have dramatic impacts upon weather patterns across the heavily populated northern mid-latitudes, and that such impacts could increase as ice cover continues to retreat in the coming decades.

This standing committee provides ongoing and focused advice to the US Global Change Research Program. The committee is broadly constituted to bring expertise in all the areas addressed by the USGCRP and is supported by the expertise of many units across the National Research Council.